Friday, 31 January 2025.
No Good Candidates for Bosnian State Court, Six Positions Remain Empty
After three failed open calls for applications and nine months of waiting, the Bosnian High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) has yet to elect a new state level judge. According...
Candlelight Surgery: How Hospitals Survived Sarajevo’s Siege
Sarajevo hospital doctors and medical staff remember how they saved more than 50,000 people during the longest siege in modern history, despite shortages of power and medical supplies.
Deaths Spotlight Hague Tribunal’s Ageing Defendants
The death in custody of Bosnian Serb war criminal Zdravko Tolimir means that 12 defendants at the UN war crimes court in The Hague have now died while on trial...
Analysis – Verdict in Salcin Trial Upcoming, Defense Claims Case of Mistaken Identity
After a trial that has lasted more than two years, the Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict in the case of Dzevad Salcin, a former member of the...
A Decade of Success Stories at BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina
As the tenth year of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIRN BiH) comes to a close, the organization looks back on a year of reporting on...
Almost 500 Years of Imprisonment for War Crime Convicts in 2015
In 2015, the Bosnian state court sentenced 45 defendants to a total of 467.5 years in prison for wartime murder, rape, torture and other crimes, including the Srebrenica genocide.
Survivors of Childhood Wartime Rape at Higher Risk for Psychological Trauma, Poverty
The sexual abuse of boys and girls was widespread during the Bosnian war. Although associations of war victims have registered approximately 1000 instances of wartime child rape, experts estimate that...
Analysis – Fundup Charged With Murder and Fake Executions, Verdict on Friday
After a trial that has lasted nearly nine months, the Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict in the Radoman Fundup trial on December 11.
Analysis– Begovic: Accused of Beating Detainees in Batkovic
On December 9, the Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict in the Gligor Begovic trial. Begovic, a former member of the Bosnian Serb Army, has been charged with...